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MISCELLANEOUS STATUTORY ITEMS
CODE OF CONDUCT
The Code of Conduct for the Art
Gallery of NSW covers the areas of:
• Conflict of interest
• Acceptance of gifts or benefits
• Personal and professional
behaviour
• Fairness and equity
• Public comment and use of official
information
• Use of official facilities and
equipment
• Outside employment
• Political participation
• Gallery collections
It is planned to review the Code of
Conduct during 2000–2001.
COPYRIGHT
The Gallery handles numerous
images every year that are
reproduced in exhibition catalogues,
education kits, promotional material
and shop merchandise. Developing
more of our exhibitions in-house has
also brought increasing
responsibilities for ensuring copyright
clearance. The use of the Internet
and electronic delivery of services
pose further challenges on copyright
issues that will need to be addressed.
Proposed legislative changes to
copyright law will impact on the
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Gallery's plans to interface our main
research database to our website.
The Gallery has accordingly made a
submission to the Federal
Government's Standing Committee on
Legal and Constitutional Affairs that
is considering amendments to the
Copyright Act (Digital Agenda Bill,
1999).
ENERGY MANAGEMENT
Energy management included the use
of environmentally friendly refrigerant
gases in the major air-conditioning
upgrade to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions. Modified programs for
building management control system
were introduced to reduce electrical
consumption, through increased
rates for electrical supply have
negated cost savings. Constant
monitoring and maintenance tuning
to gas fired boilers have kept gas
consumption to projected levels,
maintaining contracted usage with no
additional charges.
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
The Art Gallery received one formal
request for information under the
Freedom of Information Act 1989.
The request was granted in full.
Full Freedom on Information
Statement included as Appendix Q.
GST IMPLEMENTATION
Preparation for GST implementation
involved training of staff and upgrade
to systems to enable a smooth cutover
on 1 July. All registrations for
GST and related tax reforms were
undertaken on behalf of Gallery
entities. The Art Gallery will submit its
Business Activity Statement
electronically on a monthly basis.
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY
No. of work related injuries: 9
No. of work related illnesses: 0
Prosecutions under the
OH&S Act, 1983: Nil
PRIVACY MANAGEMENT PLAN AND
PERSONAL INFORMATION
The Art Gallery has developed a
Privacy Management Plan in
response to Section 33 of the Privacy
and Personal Information Protection
Act, 1998. The Act aims to protect
individual against the inappropriate
collection, storage, use and
disclosure of personal information by
NSW Public Sector Agencies. The
Plan outlines how the Art Gallery
complies with the Act.
For information on the Plan, contact
the Privacy Contact Officer, Human
Resources Services, Art Gallery of
New South Wales, Art Gallery Road,
The Domain, Sydney, NSW 2000 or
telephone (02) 9225-1795 or fax (02)
9221-6226.
USE OF CONSULTANTS
In the past financial year, the Gallery
spend $98,000 on consultants. No
consultancy firm was paid more than
$30,000.
WASTE REDUCTION
The Art Gallery has taken measures
over recent years to increase
recycling and reduce waste. Paper
recycling baskets are situated in
every department. Recycled paper is
purchased for use in office machines
and staff are encouraged to
communicate electronically
whenever possible. The bookshop
and library re-use cardboard boxes
for packaging. All glass materials are
recycled.
YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE
Year 2000 compliance was a major
activity in the first half of the financial
year. The PABX and Gallery security
systems had to be upgraded. As it
turned out, the Art Gallery's activities
were unaffected.
IMPLEMENTATION OF ROYAL COMMISSION INTO
ABORIGINAL DEATHS IN CUSTODY
Recommendation number 56 & 300
The Art Gallery of New South Wales
projects that introduce Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islanders and others
to the history and culture of Indigenous
peoples of Australia included:
The continued acquisition,
exhibition, conservation of Aboriginal
art and commitment to making the
collection accessible to the widest
possible audience.
The growth of exhibitions
programmes and public programmes
associated with the Yiribana Gallery,
the largest space for the display of
Aboriginal art in the southern
hemisphere.
During the year there were
exhibitions in Yiribana curated form
the Gallery’s collection reflecting the
diversity of Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander art. Major thematic
exhibitions were Another Country
which profiled works on paper and
photography and Ochre an exhibition
of bark paintings.
The touring exhibition from the
National Gallery of Victoria Raiki
Wara: Long cloth from Aboriginal
Australia and the Torres Strait
curated by Robin Healey and Judith
Ryan was also held in Yiribana.
For the fourth consecutive year
the Art Gallery in conjunction with
the Department of School Education,
the Aboriginal Education Consultative
Group and the Board of Studies
staged the successful Reconciliation
exhibition. This exhibition featured
artworks by Aboriginal and non-
Aboriginal students from primary and
secondary schools throughout New
South Wales on the theme of
Reconciliation.
NAIDOC Week in July 1999 was
celebrated by a programme of school
holiday activities held in Yiribana.
Photographer Michael Riley’s Yarns
from the Talbragar series of black
and white portraits was exhibited as
part of the NAIDOC Week activities.
There was a continuing
consolidation of links with
Indigenous education institutions,
courses in Aboriginal Studies and
Aboriginal units and art courses at
tertiary level.